Eliminate a group that forged seals and documents of agencies and organizations in large quantities

On June 2, the Criminal Police Department (Nghe An Police) is temporarily detaining 3 subjects residing in Vinh city, including: Thai Thanh Minh (born in 1963), residing in Hung Loc commune; Ho Van Hoa (born in 1970), residing in Vinh Tan ward and Nguyen Hong Linh (born in 1970), residing in Nghi Duc commune to continue investigating and clarifying the act of Forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations.

Police work with Thai Thanh Minh. Photo: Hong Ngoc

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, the Criminal Police Department (Nghe An Police) identified a group of subjects with signs of suspicious criminal activities: Forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations. The subjects took advantage of the fact that many companies and units did not verify and carefully check the certificates and professional qualifications of the recruited people when receiving applications, to establish a group to forge all kinds of diplomas, certificates, and documents of many agencies and organizations when people "ordered".

Especially recently, due to the strict management of automobile inspection activities nationwide, these subjects have made fake stamps and automobile inspection books. The activities of these subjects have caused public outrage, affecting the reputation of agencies, organizations and security and order in the area.

Determining the seriousness of the incident, the Criminal Police Department (Provincial Police) has established a special project to concentrate forces to fight.

Subjects Thai Anh Minh (top photo), Ho Van Hoa (bottom left photo) and Nguyen Hong Linh. Photo: Hong Ngoc

After a period of persistent investigation and collection of documents and evidence, on May 26, 2023, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police Department solved the case and simultaneously arrested the three subjects mentioned above for the act of forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations. Notably, Minh, Hoa and Linh all have many criminal records for various crimes.

Initially, the police determined that in order to counterfeit seals and documents of agencies and organizations, Thai Thanh Minh bought a computer and a color printer, then downloaded documents, certificates, and seals of agencies and organizations and used graphic design software to edit and print in color according to the requirements of the person who ordered the counterfeiting.

To avoid detection, Thai Thanh Minh did not directly accept to forge seals and documents from those in need, but instead went through intermediaries - his "henchmen" (Ho Van Hoa, Nguyen Hong Linh); all contacts and transactions with Minh were made via social networks Zalo, Facebook... with the contact person's information anonymized.

Evidence seized by the police. Photo: Hong Ngoc

The police also confiscated and temporarily detained the following exhibits: 1 computer set, 2 printers, 36 seven-color stamps engraved with the logo of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (counterfeit); 1 college diploma; 1 university diploma from Vinh University of Technical Education((forged);01 culinary diploma from Nghe An College of Tourism (forged); 01 certificate of meritorious person with the seal of Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station (forged); 5 inspection stamps, each with the seal of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Center 37-05D under Nghe An Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (forged); hundreds of birth certificate and marriage certificate forms and many other forged documents of agencies and organizations...

At the investigation agency, the subjects admitted their crimes.

Currently, the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police has temporarily detained the above subjects and continues to expand the investigation.